TVer, the official commercial TV streaming service, is running a special program “Camping on TVer” during the Golden Week holidays, allowing viewers to watch over 100 camping programs from all over Japan. In addition to camping-themed programs such as “Hiroshi’s Hitori Camp no Susume” (Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting), “Hiroshi no Botchi Camp” (BS-TBS), and “Nishimura Campsite”…
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Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino visits JICA returnee experts
Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino visits JICA returnee experts On April 19, five JICA experts who have worked on JICA projects in various countries met Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino at Akasaka Imperial Villa to report on their activities. Since 2004, Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino has been receiving…
Bouldering rink opens in Shinagawa Central Park
On April 30, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, opened a bouldering rink in Shinagawa Central Park (1-27 Nishi-Shinagawa, Tokyo). The pay area with a 4 x 12 m (height x width) wall has mats on the floor to provide a full-scale competition experience. The fee (2 hours per session) is 200 yen for individuals (100 yen for…
Star Wars x Fossil” collection to be released simultaneously worldwide on May 4
Fossil will launch the “Star Wars x Fossil” collection on May 4, “Star Wars Day. The collection will feature six models designed after iconic rebel characters. Each comes with a serial number and is housed in a collector’s box that includes sound effects from the film, comic book style illustrations, and a replica pin of…
Signing of Yen Loan Agreement for Egypt: Contributing to the alleviation of traffic congestion and air pollution through the construction of a subway system
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Yen Loan Agreement (L/A) of up to 100 billion yen with the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the “Cairo Metro Line IV Phase I (III)” in Cairo on April 30. The signing ceremony was held at the Presidential Palace in the presence of Prime…
We went to THE GLAMPING Hakone Tokoku Touge, which just opened in April. The ultimate luxury suite villa with sauna was amazing!
The 360-degree panoramic view of the cottage area is breathtaking! It takes 3 to 4 minutes to get to the cottage area from Mori no Eki Hakone Tokunitoge on a mountain road. Directions are shown with pictures on the information map you received, so you will not get lost, but drive carefully as the road…
JR East Hotel Mets Koenji renewed. New features include guest rooms for teleworkers and self check-in machines.
Japan Hotel will reopen the JR East Hotel Mets Koenji (2-5-1 Koenji Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo) on July 12. It is located directly connected to JR Koenji Station and approximately 9 minutes from Shinjuku Station on the JR Chuo and Sobu Lines. Individual air-conditioning facilities will be renewed, a smoking area will be installed, “Biz style”…
Seto Blue” in Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, was completed and put into service on May 13.
Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, announced that the Seto Blue, a newly built vessel connecting Hiroshima Port and Etajima City, has been completed and will enter service on May 13. Seto Blue is the first vessel built by the city in about 30 years, and will be a 28-meter-long, 91-ton catamaran with a maximum capacity of…
Ref Okinawa Arena by Vessel Hotels to open on August 1 at the former site of the Koza Athletic Park soccer field
Sukoyaka Holdings and Vessel Hotel Development will hold the grand opening of the REF Okinawa Arena by Vessel Hotels on August 1. Prior to this, hotel reservations were accepted on May 1. The eight-story, reinforced concrete hotel, with a total of 150 guest rooms, will be opened on the former site of the Koza Sports…
Iwami Ginzan WAON”, a newly designed local WAON, goes on sale in the San-in area
Aeon Retail Co., Ltd. has started issuing a newly designed local WAON “Iwami Ginzan WAON” in the San-in area. Iwami Ginzan WAON was first issued on April 25, 2009 to contribute to the preservation and succession of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine World Heritage Site, and a cumulative total of approximately 19.55 million yen has…